The Vision Weave Project

Vision Weave is an interactive community arts project that integrates fibre arts, text messages and community visioning in the creation of woven public art. In Vision Weave, each participant is given a strip of fabric on which they write their message or vision for the future of their community and the Earth then interweave it into a collective tapestry.

The finished tapestry is installed in the community as permanent public art. It is visible and accessible to the community that made it. The text messages and visions are compiled into a resource document that can be used for all future planning and goal setting within the community. The process facilitates pride, ownership, and a sense of belonging. The Vision Weave project is a profoundly moving community builder.

By mirroring back to the community its visions and goals, the Vision Weave project seeks to strengthen the belief that we can think and act creatively and collectively for the well being of our community and the Earth. Weaving, as cloth and clothing, accompanies every human culture on the planet - it's an excellent metaphor for intercultural connection and collective collaboration.

Gabriel Ewen Phillips and Thoma Ewen are two internationally known and award-winning textile artists who have been collaborating together for more than 20 years. They create and direct dynamic, engaging and profoundly moving collective arts projects that interweave textile arts and community. As co-founders of Moon Rain Centre and La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles, they have made textile arts visible and accepted as contemporary art in the region and beyond.

Weaving is a metaphor for the interconnectedness of all life.